Listening Exercises - Intermediate Level
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Four people talk about problems they had on vacation.
Past Perfect, adjectives
A woman talks about her father's life.
Used To & Would to talk about past habits
A journalist's report on a road protest.
Gerund/infinitive verb pattern use
A husband and wife talk about the problems a relative is having.
Modal verbs
Three people talk about unusual jobs they have.
Describing jobs and routines
A friend helps a nervous job candidate rehearse his interview answers and break his worst habits before the big day.
Giving advice, conditionals, interview vocabulary
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A woman tries to convince her skeptical friend to see a new film, offering to buy him dinner if he doesn't like it.
Persuading and recommending, expressing opinions
Two friends help a third person move house, dealing with too many boxes, heavy furniture, and things that don't fit.
Past simple narratives, describing past experiences
A woman describes being reversed into in a parking lot and the frustration of dealing with the other driver and the insurance process.
Narrating events, reported speech, giving advice
A customer calls her energy company to dispute a bill that's double the usual amount and tries to find out what went wrong.
Formal complaints, polite requests, transactional vocabulary
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A couple try to agree on a summer holiday, comparing two very different destinations and struggling to compromise.
Comparatives, expressing preferences, making suggestions
A woman tells her friend about a disastrous evening at a new restaurant where almost nothing went right.
Narrating a sequence of events, complaining, time expressions
A young man tells his friend he failed his driving test and has to figure out how to break the news to his mother.
Past simple narration, expressing disappointment, giving reassurance
A woman politely asks her neighbor to keep the noise down in the evenings, and they work out a solution without it becoming awkward.
Making polite requests, negotiating, indirect language
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